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J. T. WESTWOOD CAR SEAT.

.No. 409,654. Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

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side of the seat with foot-rests, whereby the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. \VESTVVOOD, OF \VHEELING, \VEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- TIIIRD TO BENJAMIN FISHER, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-S EAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,654, dated August 20, 1889.

Application filed May '7, 1889. Serial No. 309,917. (No model.)

T0 to whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. IVES'LWOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of Test Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oar-Seats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon which form a part of this specifieation.

My invention relates to improvements in car chairs or seats; and the object of my invention is to provide a seat which will at all times be supported in a vertical position and at the same time relieve the occupant of the car of the annoying and painful sensation produced by the lateral motion of the car.

My invention consists in supporting the seat of a railway-car in such a manner that it will always remain in a vertical position with relation to the car-floor, and in providing each occupant of the chair will be practically isolated from the floor of the car and he unaffected by the motion of the same.

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of a carseat supported by my devices. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of one of the supports. Fig. 3 is a front view of the two-part hanger used for inclosing the balls forming the bearings. Fig. at is an end view of the seat, showing footrests on. each side. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the footaest.

A indicates the ordinary seat of a railwaycar having a reversible back, but may be a chair or other approved form of seat.

13 indicates the car-floor or other base to which the supports 0 are firmly secured. The supports 0 are horn-shaped, having .a wide base, and are provided at their upper ends with balls a for engaging the upper ends of the hangers D. For the support of an ordinary car-seat I employ four of these standards, with their correspondinghangers; but a greater or less number may be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention. The hangers I) are made in two parts, as shown in. Fig. 3, with hemispherical concaved recesses Z1 at each end for receiving the balls a of the standards, thus making a bal1-andsocket joint, when the two parts of the hanger are put together and secured by means of screws or other suitable fastening devices.

E E are two sets of curved or horn-shaped arms, the upper ends of one set E being firmly secured to the under side of one end frame of the car, about flush with the bottom, while the upper or outer ends of the other set E are similarly secured to the lower ends of downward extensions or legs of the other end frame of the car-seat, said latter set of arms being preferably reduced or flattened and shouldered, as shown, for the convenient application of the same to the said end-frame extensions or legs. The lower ends of said arms are provided with balls F, which engage the spherical sockets formed on the lower ends of the hangers D.

G are bars or rods secured to the under side of the seat and at both sides thereof, near the ends of the same, the free ends of said bars being projected downward to within a short distance of the car-fioo1n H is a board, metal plate, or metal grating, pivoted at each end between the lower ends of the bars or rods G, said boards or plates forming foot-rests on both sides of the seats,, so that when the seats are reversed to corre- 8o spend to the direction of the train a foot-rest will be ready for use.

The ends of the foot-rests are provided with angledrons I, which have an outwardly-proj ecting lug or bend K at their rear ends, 85 adapted to abut against the rear edges of the bars G and thus form a reliable stop for the foot-rest and hold the same securely in position. \Vhen it is notdesirable to have the foot-rest in use, it is turn ed up out of the way, 0 as shown in rear of seat in Fig. 4..

It will be apparent from the above description that by the use of the devices mentioned I am enabled to support the seat chair, or other like article, so that it will always re- 5 main in a vertical position, and when the occupant has his feet upon the rest II he will be isolated from the floor, and will be oblivious to the lateral choppy motion of the car as well as to the longitudinal concussions incident IOC) to the quick application of the brakes or jars incident to the coupling of the cars.

It will be understood that I do not restrict myself to details of construction, as it is obvious that changes may be readily made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A railway-car seat or chair consisting of standards secured to the floor, arms connected to the seat or chair, hangers connected to said standards and arms, and the bearing or supporting points formed of ball-and-soeketjoints, whereby the seat is adapted to always maintain a vertical position with relation 'to the car-floor, substantially as set forth.

2. A support for car-seats, chairs, &c., consisting of a series of horn-shaped standards having balls at their upper cnds,thc hangers provided with sockets at their ends, and curved arms secured to the under side of the seat and having balls at their lower ends, the balls of the standards and arms engaging the sockets in the ends of the hangers, substantially as set forth. 3. A car-seat consisting of arms pendent from the seat, standards secured to the floor, hangers having ball-and-socket-joint connec tions with said arms and standards, and ele vated foot-rests on each side of the seat, sub stantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J OHN T. IVESTIVOOD. W'itnesses:

HARDY HENRY, '1. H. NORTON. 

